Base of Operations: Formerly the High
Evolutionary's base in the Savage Land, Anarctica

First Appearance: West Coast Avengers
Annual#3 (1988)

History: During the events known as the
Evolutionary War, the High Evolutionary (HE) built a bomb
designed to cause worldwide instant evolution. HE used a number
of operatives in the course of this mission -- the Sensors were one
such group. They were all presumably humans (or Swamp Men from the
Savage Land) genetically engineered or mutated by other means by
HE.

One of the components of the bomb was true
Vibranium, available only in the African nation Wakanda. The HE
sent a group of his Gatherers to obtain some Vibranium from the
sacred mound, but the group was defeated and captured by the
Black Panther, his Panther Patrol, and the THROBS (Trans-Human
ROBot). On one of the Gatherers, the Panther's men found an SOS
message for Bill Foster. The Panther contacted the West Coast
Avengers to reach Foster's former colleague, Hank Pym, but since
he had left the group, the Avengers came to Wakanda without him.
The HE sent the Sensors to obtain the Vibranium. The Avengers
succeeded in overpowering the Sensors, but during the distraction
of the battle, Stack (leader of the Gatherers) teleported in and
stole a sample of Vibranium. The Sensors subsequent fate is
unrevealed.

COMMENTS: Created by Steve Engelhart and
Al Milgrom.

CLARIFICATIONS: The Sensors should not
be confused with:

the Sensor Squad, agents of Dr. Doom, @
Moon Knight III#39

Intuition, sometimes referred to as the sixth sense, possessed
limited telepathic abilities, enabling her to sense an enemy's
attack before it occured. She was also highly trained in the
martial arts, and possessed exceptional speed and reflexes. She
proved able to go toe-to-toe with Mantis, until Mantis placed
herself into a trance state, which allowed her to act
subconsciously, and drop Intuition with a surprise blow.

Sightreflected every photon of light which reached his eyes
as a laser beam. He threatened to overload the solar gem of the
Vision with light energy until the Scarlet Witch projected
Smell's opaque cloud over him, robbing him of any light to
project -- without the light, he was helpless to a simple punch
from the Vision.

Smellgave off a pungent odor at all times, which was
physically irritating and nauseating to those around her,
especially someone with enhanced senses like the Black Panther.
In addition, she gave off an opaque cloud which obscured her
exact location, making it difficult to attack her. The Scarlet
Witch redirected her cloud to cover Sight, leaving her visible
and vulnerable to an eyeblast from the Vision.

Soundprojected sonic blasts of great noise intensity and/or
destructive power from his vocal cords. The Black Panther
defeated him by leading him to the Vibranium Mound, where his
sonic energy was immediately absorbed and muted.

Taste was coated with and could project a corrosive acid from
his finger tips. He was immune to all forms of acid. He could
project the acid with sufficient aim to destroy most projectiles
before they could reach him. Hawkeye defeated him by distracting
him with an acid-arrow, intended to be harmless, and then
dropped him with a boomerang-arrow from behind.

Touch possessed superhuman strength (@ Class 50?) and
durability. She was a savage fighter, and Wonder Man initially
held back against her due to chauvinism. She eventually pushed
him beyond that, and he knocked her out.